Inspirational supply chain-related quotations used for the Thursday break focused on leadership.

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2. Bill Gates
“If you give people tools, and
they use their natural
abilities and their curiosity,
they will develop things in
ways that will surprise you
very much beyond what you
might have expected.”

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“Success is a lousy
teacher. It seduces
smart people into
thinking that they
cannot lose.”
Bill Gates

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“Your most
unhappy
customers are the
greatest source of
learning.”
Bill Gates

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“Do not follow where
the path may lead. Go
instead where there is
no path and leave a
trail." Emerson
Ralph Waldo

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"Basically all the world's computer
parts come from the same supply
chain that runs from Korea, down
through coastal China, over to
Taiwan, and down to Malaysia."
Thomas Friedman

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“Most people
underestimate
what they can do
in one year and
under estimate
what they can do
in ten years.”
Bill Gates

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“You must never try to make all the
money that’s in a deal. Let the other
fellow make some money too,
because if you have a reputation for
always making all the money, you
won’t have many deals.”
J. Paul Getty

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Bill Gates
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“The cruel injustice
is that even though
the world’s poor
are doing
essentially nothing
to cause climate
change, they will
suffer the most.”

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Bill Gates
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Impact on the planet:
-Making things-31%
-Plugging Things In
(Electricity)-27%
-Growing things-19%
-Getting around-16%
-Keeping warm-7%

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Henry Ford
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“If I had asked my customers what they
wanted, they would have said a faster horse.”

12. Steve Jobs
“Innovation
distinguishes between
a leader and a
follower."

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“When the tide
goes out, you can
see who is
swimming naked.”
Warren Buffet

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“Great leaders are almost always
great simplifiers who can cut
through the argument debate and
doubt to offer a solution everybody
can understand.”
Colin Powell

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“Almost all quality
improvement comes via
simplification of design,
manufacturing, layout,
processes, and
procedures.”
Tom Peters

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“”Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where
there is no path and leave a trail."

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“Without data,
you’re just
another person
with an opinion.”
Edward Deming
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“Leadership
is an action,
not a
position”
Donald McGannon

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“Put a good
person in a bad
system and the
bad system wins,
no contest.”
Edward Deming

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“"Leadership and
learning are
indispensable to each
other."
John F. Kennedy

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John Maxwell
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“The pessimist
complains about the
wind. The optimist
expects it to change.
The leader adjusts
the sails.”

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“The very essence of
leadership is that you
have to have vision.
You can't blow an
uncertain trumpet."
Hesburgh
Theodore Maxwell

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“The key to
successful
leadership is
influence not
authority.”
Kenneth Blanchard

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“One’s philosophy is not
best expressed in words;
it is expressed in the
choices one makes.
…the choices we make
are ultimately our
responsibility.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

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“Before you are a
leader, success is
all about growing
yourself. When you
become a leader,
success is all
about others.”
JackWelch

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Stephen Covey
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“Failing organizations are usually over-
managed and under-led.”

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“The secrete of leadership is simple.
Do what you believe in. Paint a
picture of the future. Go there.
People will follow.”
Seth Godin

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“Management is
about arranging
and telling.
Leadership is
about nurturing
and enhancing.”
Tom Peters

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“If your actions
inspire others to
dream more, learn
more, do more,
and become more,
you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams